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Вариант № _1_
1. These sentences are from: Roy Williams had come home from abroad to visit his mother
and sister and brothers who still remained in his native town, Hopkinsville. He came back
very well dressed, but very thin, he wasn't well.
a) "A day's wait"
b) "The happiest man on the earth"
c) "A dog and three dollars"
d) "Home"
e) "The scholarship"
2. These sentences are from the text: "Jesse! It's slack season and you don't know this oil
business. I got my friends here but they couldn't do anything now.”
a) "Is he leaving or is he dead?"
b) "The boy next door"
c) "The scholarship"
d) "The happiest man of earth"
e) "The snake and the bell?"
3. Complete the following sentence: Martin decided to begin writing when he ...(mind the
text "Martin Eden" by J. London)
a) comes back
b) went to his country
c) returned to hospital
d) was going home
e) went to America
4. Complete the following sentence: The author of the text "the Banks of the Sacramento"
is...
a) O. Twist
b) L. Becker
c) O. Henry
d) M. Twain
e) J. London
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5. Complete the following sentences: Several months had passed. One afternoon when
Ainsley came home......(mind the text "Lost in the post" by A. Philips)
a) he saw his dog
b) He saw the familiar face of Dickey Somes
c) he had saw the familiar face of his brother
d) he seen his wife
e) he saw her uncle torn
6. Complete the following sentence: At that moment Ainsley realized that she knew ...(mind
the text "Lost in the post" by A. Philips)
a) anything
b) anybody
c) everybody
d) somebody
e) everything
7. Complete the following sentence: A lot of people gathered on deck... (mind the text "A
foul play" )
a) to watch the scenery
b) to watch the film
c) to watch the performance
d) to watch the match
e) to watch the play
8. Complete the following sentence: Unseen by the elders, may... had shut herself in the
vault (mind the text "Jimmy Valentine's reformation" by O. Henry)
a) the smallest girl
b) the biggest boy
c) the smallest boy
d) the tallest girl
e) the biggest girl
9. Complete the following sentence: Alec's duty was to pay wages... (mind the text "A foul
play" )
a) to his friends
b) to his family
c) to his boss
d) to his relatives
e) to his personnel
10. Complete the following sentence: When Guy and Ralph ran into the room where Grace
worked they saw... with the widest and happiest smile they had ever seen on his face
(mind the text "Letter in the mail" E. Caldwell)
a) Ruth standing near the girl
b) Tom standing near the girl
c) Ralph standing near the girl
d) Michael standing near the girl
e) Ray Buffin standing near the girl
11. Complete the following sentence: ... for even the most barefaced of men to eat, but not
drop did he waste on his whiskers (mind the text "The Beard" G. Clark)
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a) it was an easy tea
b) it was a tasty soup
c) it was a difficult tea
d) it was an easy soup
e) it was a difficult soup
12. Complete the following sentence: General Miles was a nice man and we ...(mind the text
"A dog and three dollars" )
a) became honest brothers
b) didn't became friends
c) became bad friends
d) became great friends very quickly
e) became old friends
13. Complete the following sentence: For the first time he saw the aim of his life, and saw it
...(mind the text "Martin Eden" by J. London)
a) in the end of the white sea
b) at the beginning of the nice sea
c) in the middle of the wide ocean
d) at the end of the narrow sea
e) in the middle of the great sea
14. These sentences are from: In the end we persuaded Miss Lowery to go back home. The
three of us then hurried to the ferry, and there I found the price of the ticket to be but a
dollar and eighty cents. I bought one, and a red, red rose with a twenty cents for Miss
Lowery.
a) "A service of love"
b) "The reading public"
c) A dog and three dollars"
d) "The scholarship"
e) "No story"
15. Complete the following sentence: From time to time he disappeared for several month and
then he appeared again and ... (mind the text «Surprise» by Galsworthy)
a) began watch
b) began to look at
c) began to tells
d) begin to read
e) began to write
16. Complete the following sentence: The author of the text "Surprise" is ...
a) J. London
b) М. Twain
c) Ss. McClure
d) O. Henry
e) J. Galsworthy
17. It was some 20 minutes later when the princess stood up and said: "Before we leave you,
may I have my ring back?" There was a pause, while each of us looked expectantly at his
neighbor then there was silence These sentences are from the text
a) "Success story"
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b) "Caged"
c) "A good start"
d) "The TV blackout"
e) "The dinner party"
18. Complete the following sentence: A week ago on Sunday... city had a blackout and all
nine television stations in the area went out for several hours (mind the text "The TV
blackout" by Art Buchwald)
a) Madrid
b) Paris
c) Milan
d) London
e) New York
19. Roger was very pleased with himself; he was committing a good action. This sentence is
from the text...
a) "The ant and the grasshopper"
b) "A foul play "
c) "Hunting for a job"
d) "The escape"
e) "The bramble bush"
20. The author of the text "The Green door" is...
a) H. Beecher Stowe
b) О. Henry
c) Е. Hemingway
d) M. Twain
e) S. McClure
21. Complete the following sentence: Miss Reese is ... (mind the text «Home» by L.Huges)
a) a doctors
b) a neighbors
c) Roy's grandmothers
d) Roy's mother
e) an old music teacher at the white high school
22. Complete the following sentence (mind the text "Hunting for a job"): I knew no one in
Boston except...
a) Miss Bennet
b) Adams
c) Barr
d) Zabinski
e) the Smith
23. Complete the following sentence: She was too excited to tell him the story clearly and...
(mind the text "A good start")
a) he could understand everything at once
b) he waited her at the living-room
c) he was angry with her
d) she began to cry
e) Bill could not understand anything at first
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24. They had gathered in treasures of every sort from all over the country and arranged them
admirably .The jewel of the show was, of course, the great Titian. These sentences are
from the text...
a) "A good start"
b) "Success story"
c) "Fair of face"
d) "The dinner party"
e) "Caged"
25. Finish the following sentence: She wanted him to get... (mind the text "Then in triumph" )
a) a ticket
b) manuscripts
c) a picture for him
d) a novel for her
e) an autograph
26. Insert a suitable word in the following sentence: ...he went to all his shops, collected the
week's takings and took them to the bank (mind the text "The verger" )
a) every days
b) every Monday
c) every Fridays
d) every Saturday
e) every Wednesdays
27. But she was neither charming, beautiful nor intelligent; on the contrary she was absurd
and foolish; yet the more you knew her, the more you liked her. The main character of the
text is... (mind the text "A lion's skin")
a) Mrs. Milberry
b) Mrs. Forestier
c) Mrs. Frank
d) Mrs. Swain
e) Mrs. Brown
28. Complete the following sentence: The Ramsays were... (mind the text "The ant and
grasshopper")
a) respectable people
b) ignorant people
c) horrible people
d) rude people
e) dangerous people
29. Complete the following sentence: I opened the door to... (mind the text "The happy man" )
a) my wife
b) my friend
c) my father
d) my brother
e) total stranger
30. Complete the following sentence: Mr. Magister got a lot of money for his pictures- and
He … for his lessons (mind the text "A service of love" by O. Henry)
a) find a lot of money
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b) had taken some money
c) took many money
d) have taken a lot of money
e) took a lot of money
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